So apparently I’ve been M.I.A. on this blog. Where has the month of June gone? We’ve been out of town the last 2 weeks traveling with Randy while he works. Last week was Hutchinson Island and the week before was Cocoa Beach. We joke that we’ve been living the life of luxury living in hotels with …
Living Aboard
This month, marks our third year living aboard Blue Turtle. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long already. Our first year was mostly overwhelming and spent repairing lots of things that were broken on our trawler. Our second year living aboard, was less overwhelming although we still had quite a few boat projects on …
A couple weekends ago, Randy and I visited my parents’ new home to see the progress they were making on renovating it. As you may recall, my folks had been live aboards for several years and actually completed the Great Loop last year. When they returned home they announced—much to our surprise—that they were selling …
Last weekend, Randy and I decided to begin (reluctantly) a boat project. We started off Saturday morning sanding all of the exterior wood on our boat. This is not a complete refinish (we’re not retired!), just a few maintenance coats that we’ll finally be done with tomorrow a.m. (hopefully). More on that later. Saturday evening, I …
You may have noticed things are a little different around here. I recently redesigned the website to make it more functional to our readers. The new site sports it’s own Home page now with a slideshow of images, snippets from different categories and a brand-spankin’-new SUBSCRIBE box at the top right. Enter your email here …
This past Sunday, we were invited along with others in the marina to participate in a boat christening, also known as an excuse to party. We had our own boat christening 2-1/2 years ago at Cayo Costa and it’s always a fun experience. Ned and Beth actually bought their boat 3 years ago and just …
Since we’re going with the “belated” theme, we can file this one under “better late than never”. This weekend was one of those wonderful weekends where we have nothing planned. After our hectic schedule with family in town and Randy’s father’s wedding, it was nice to relax a bit this weekend and check off one …
So, we had a belated Mardis Gras dock party last weekend and I’m even later posting about it. Such is life living aboard during season in southwest Florida…so much happening that there isn’t time to report about it. Last Saturday, we gathered for some of New Orlean’s most famous food: boudain, muffaletas, red beans and …
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, we had the upcoming wedding of Randy’s father and April. This past week has been one busy, but fun-filled, week spent visiting with Randy’s aunts, uncles and cousins. We had Randy’s sister and brother-in-law stay with us on the Blue Turtle, while the rest of the …
A lot has been happening with us lately. First, my parents sold their trawler Island Time. Some of you may remember or even followed along on their Great Loop journey through their blog. They sold the boat within one week after putting it up for sale. They had very motivated buyers plus the boat was …
So, it’s been really slow here in the marina and we haven’t left the dock since our big Keys trip. Randy is currently catching up on some boat projects and we’re hoping to get off the dock very soon! What have we been up to? Life, in general. Corey is back to his school/homework routine …
With the dinghy already in the water from yesterdays trip to New Pass, we decided to go out again today. Johnny and April tried to find Mound Key a couple weeks ago with no luck, so Randy decided we would go there and show them where it is. Randy and Corey have been to Mound …